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Lincoln's Poetry: The Creative Life of a Leader In this Book Lincoln's Poetry: The Creative Life of a Leader Book 2026 Published by: University of Illinois Press Table of Contents Save View Citation summary Drawn to poetry throughout his life, Abraham Lincoln read verse for comfort and pleasure, used it in his writings and speeches, and looked to it for insights into spiritual matters and politics, and spontaneously recited it in dark moments to lift his spirits. Christopher Sullivan’s engaging exploration focuses on the role of poetry in Lincoln’s life and thought. As Sullivan shows, the poetic prose of Lincoln’s most famous writings and oratory drew on an ear for verse he began to cultivate during his frontier youth. Full versions of Lincoln’s own published and unpublished poetry provide fascinating context for his work before and during his political career while shedding light on his state of mind during the crisis of an existential war. Sullivan also considers Lincoln’s relationship with poetry against a backdrop of what poetry is, how it operates, and how it may resurface in prose. A journalistic look at the crossroads of art and leadership, Lincoln’s Poetry adds a surprising yet vital dimension to our perceptions of the sixteenth president. Table of Contents Cover Half-Title Page pp. i Series Page pp. ii Title Page pp. iii Copyright pp. iv Dedication pp. v Epigraph pp. vi Contents pp. vii-viii Preface pp. ix-xiv Introduction: An Aspiring Poet pp. 1-8 Part I. Foundations 1 Poetic Stirrings on the Frontier pp. 11-21 2 “Schools, So Called” pp. 22-27 3 “Wisdom Literature”: Poetry in Primers pp. 28-39 4 “A Youth to Fortune and to Fame Unknown” pp. 40-45 5 “Alma Mater” pp. 46-60 Part II. Poets and Purposes 6 The Romance of a Wider World: Lincoln’s Byron pp. 63-76 7 “A Secret Sorrow”: Lincoln’s Melancholy pp. 77-91 8 The Devil Came “Fiddlin’”: Lincoln’s Burns pp. 92-104 9 “Our Conversation Turned Upon Poetry”: Lincoln’s Respite pp. 105-118 10 “Bard and Benefactor”: Lincoln’s Shakespeare pp. 119-148 Part III. Lincoln’s Own Verse 11 The Longer Poems pp. 151-173 12 Jottings: Lincoln’s Other Verse pp. 174-180 13 Did Lincoln Compose These? An Inquiry pp. 181-188 Part IV. Poetic Prose 14 “And the War Came” pp. 191-194 15 Prose Into Verse pp. 195-212 Afterword: Notes in a Stovepipe Hat pp. 213-220 Appendix A: Keats and Whitman, Present and Absent pp. 221-230 Appendix B: “Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?” pp. 231-234 Acknowledgments pp. 235-238 Notes pp. 239-278 Sources pp. 279-288 Index pp. 289-298 Back Cover pp. 299 ISBN | 9780252049095 Related ISBN(s) | 9780252049927 MARC Record | Download OCLC | 1613755816 Launched on MUSE | 2026-09-06 Language | English Open Access | No Copyright Project MUSE Mission Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21218 +1 (410) 516-6989 [email protected] ©2026 Project MUSE. Produced by Johns Hopkins University Press in collaboration with The Sheridan Libraries. ©2026 Project MUSE. Produced by Johns Hopkins University Press in collaboration with The Sheridan Libraries.